Valve announces the pre-purchase program for The Orange Box is underway at
GameStop stores, offering a 10% discount along with an actual orange box, which, while it will not have the shooter bundle yet, will offer access to the Team Fortress 2 beta test. These are
the same incentives (besides the box, of course) granted to those who
pre-purchase the Steam edition of the shooter bundle, as was promised when the
program was announced (story). Here's the deal:

September
24, 2007 - Valve and GameStop today announced that those who pre-purchase the PC
edition of The Orange Box at GameStop, the world's largest video game and
entertainment software retailer, before October 10th will save 10% off the
regular price and gain access to the beta version of Team Fortress 2 for the PC.

The Orange Box, penned by IGN as ".the package which could legitimately be
called the deal of the century," features three highly-awaited new games by
Valve: Half-Life® 2: Episode Two, the second installment in the Half-Life 2
episodic trilogy; Team Fortress® 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based,
multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles,
first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no
other.

To bring gamers up to date with the Half-Life 2 universe, The Orange Box also
includes Half-Life 2, the best-selling and highest-rated action game series of
all time, and the episodic debut Half-Life® 2: Episode One-together, more than
30 hours of award-winning gameplay. Customers who already own these titles will
have the ability to conveniently "gift" them to a friend upon official release
of The Orange Box.

Starting immediately, those who pre-purchase The Orange Box for PC at any
GameStop retail store in the US will receive a key-code and instructions to
download and activate the beta release of Team Fortress 2 from Steam. The beta
will conclude with the release of The Orange Box on October 10th. This year's
most anticipated online action game, Team Fortress 2 delivers new game types, a
signature art style powered by Valve's next generation animation technology,
persistent player statistics, and more.

The Orange Box will have a suggested retail price of $49.95 on the PC and $59.95
on the Xbox® 360 and Playstation® 3 console systems. The 10% pre-purchase
discount also applies to all three versions at GameStop and participating retail
outlets.